ETHNIC AND RACIAL HERITAGE

The Census provides two different ways for respondents to indicate their heritage. The method shown here pertains to Asians, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and persons of Hispanic ethnicity. As a part of the race and ethnicity questions on the short form of the 2000 Census, members of these groups were asked to indicate one or more categories of racial or ethnic origin. In the case of Americans Indians and Alaskan Natives, respondents were given the opportunity to identify their affiliation with one or more tribes.

* Southern Asian includes Asian Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Sri Lankan.

** Southeastern Asian includes Cambodian, Filipino, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese.

*** Eastern Asian includes Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese.

Hispanic Ancestries, 2000
		Percent of	Percent of
	Number	Total Population	Hispanic Population
Total Non-Hispanic (All Races)	65,554	87.43%	n/a
Total Hispanic (All Races)	9,424	12.57%	100.00%
Mexican	5,660	7.55%	60.06%
Puerto Rican	1,638	2.18%	17.38%
Cuban	90	0.12%	0.96%
Dominican	81	0.11%	0.86%
Central American	363	0.48%	3.85%
Costa Rican	9	0.01%	0.10%
Guatemalan	9	0.01%	0.10%
Honduran	33	0.04%	0.35%
Nicaraguan	24	0.03%	0.25%
Panamanian	227	0.30%	2.41%
Salvadorian	57	0.08%	0.60%
Other Central American	4	0.01%	0.04%
South American	143	0.19%	1.52%
Argentinian	7	0.01%	0.07%
Bolivian	7	0.01%	0.07%
Chilean	10	0.01%	0.11%
Columbian	52	0.07%	0.55%
Ecuadorian	18	0.02%	0.19%
Paraguayan	1	0.00%	0.01%
Peruvian	31	0.04%	0.33%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%	0.00%
Venezuelan	16	0.02%	0.17%
Other South American	1	0.00%	0.01%
Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,449	1.93%	15.38%
Spaniard	16	0.02%	0.17%
Spanish	180	0.24%	1.91%
Spanish American	17	0.02%	0.18%
All Other Hispanic or Latino Ancestry	1,236	1.65%	13.12%

Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).

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